What country do you come from? *POLL*

[MassimoV]

Man the opening ceremony at the Olympics would be so long if each state was a country.

[RpJk]

It always has baffled me... is Great Britain an actual country? I thought it was a bunch a countries that are in the same region. It also upsets me that they compete in the olympics combined when smaller countries don't have that privilege.

Anywho I'm from Australia.

So I was correct? Either way they should be competing as single countries not as a group, or perhaps the USA could compete with all countries from the south american continent and compete under the name of America  .

The UK is one country, just because it has constituent countries, doesn't deny its political status as a single entity. Funny how we compete as GB though, as Great Britain is just the main island lol.

The UK and US are similar in this way; on paper every state of the US could be it's own country (self governing and whatnot) but we're united by the federal branches of government. You guys (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) are all united by the royal family and parliament (I might be wrong there) excluding Northern Ireland (again I might be wrong there)

I will make a few points to this.

1. In that video it says that those who are born in Northern Ireland are deemed British. That is untrue as people born in NI are given the choice to have either a British passport or an Irish passport or both if they wanted to same situation when an Olympian born in Northern Ireland can choose to compete with GB or Ireland.

2. Ireland is not related to the Commonwealth after about 1948 under the Irish constitution in which it will be declared as a Republic under the Taosicech or Irish parliament.

[helloface]

It always has baffled me... is Great Britain an actual country? I thought it was a bunch a countries that are in the same region. It also upsets me that they compete in the olympics combined when smaller countries don't have that privilege.

Anywho I'm from Australia.

So I was correct? Either way they should be competing as single countries not as a group, or perhaps the USA could compete with all countries from the south american continent and compete under the name of America  .

The UK is one country, just because it has constituent countries, doesn't deny its political status as a single entity. Funny how we compete as GB though, as Great Britain is just the main island lol.

The UK and US are similar in this way; on paper every state of the US could be it's own country (self governing and whatnot) but we're united by the federal branches of government. You guys (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) are all united by the royal family and parliament (I might be wrong there) excluding Northern Ireland (again I might be wrong there)

So... Britain is a country? 

[Squirrel_Monkey]

It always has baffled me... is Great Britain an actual country? I thought it was a bunch a countries that are in the same region. It also upsets me that they compete in the olympics combined when smaller countries don't have that privilege.

Anywho I'm from Australia.

So I was correct? Either way they should be competing as single countries not as a group, or perhaps the USA could compete with all countries from the south american continent and compete under the name of America  .

The UK is one country, just because it has constituent countries, doesn't deny its political status as a single entity. Funny how we compete as GB though, as Great Britain is just the main island lol.

The UK and US are similar in this way; on paper every state of the US could be it's own country (self governing and whatnot) but we're united by the federal branches of government. You guys (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) are all united by the royal family and parliament (I might be wrong there) excluding Northern Ireland (again I might be wrong there)

So... Britain is a country? 

Britain isn't anything of the sort the United Kingdom is a country. Britain has no meaning.

[helloface]

So...
• Britain is a region
• The UK is a country
• England, Wales, etc are a country inside a country
?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

So...
• Britain is a region
• The UK is a country
• England, Wales, etc are a country inside a country
?

Pretty much, Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles. Britain is just England and Wales technically, but is a colloquialism for the whole thing.

[Naryar]

>Implying that OP doesn't think his country is the center of the world

[ACAMS]

Why is Texas not on the poll, it is the best country of all!

[HurricaneAndrew]

Why is Texas not on the poll, it is the best country of all!

People's Republic of Texas?

[Doomkiller]

My country is a country notorious for the fact that everything tries to kill you.

Apparently..

[ianh05]

My country is a country notorious for the fact that everything tries to kill you.

Apparently..

Dem raid boss spiders...

[helloface]

My country is a country notorious for the fact that everything tries to kill you.

Apparently..

Dem raid boss spiders...
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LUL.

[Meganerdbomb]

It always has baffled me... is Great Britain an actual country? I thought it was a bunch a countries that are in the same region. It also upsets me that they compete in the olympics combined when smaller countries don't have that privilege.

Anywho I'm from Australia.

So I was correct? Either way they should be competing as single countries not as a group, or perhaps the USA could compete with all countries from the south american continent and compete under the name of America  .

You realize the U.S.A. is made up of a bunch of different states and is already far bigger than the U.K., right?

[ianh05]

It always has baffled me... is Great Britain an actual country? I thought it was a bunch a countries that are in the same region. It also upsets me that they compete in the olympics combined when smaller countries don't have that privilege.

Anywho I'm from Australia.

So I was correct? Either way they should be competing as single countries not as a group, or perhaps the USA could compete with all countries from the south american continent and compete under the name of America  .

You realize the U.S.A. is made up of a bunch of different states and is already far bigger than the U.K., right?

I do, that was sarcasm. I just don't like Great Britain competing at the olympics when it is essentially 3 countries in one and no one else does this to my knowledge.

[cephalopod]

It's not 3 countries in 1. They're not independent from each other, you don't need a passport to cross Wales/England/Scotland. Scotland may potentially be fighting for it's independence from us in the future, in which case it will compete on it's own. Because it will be it's own country.
It is literally just like the states of USA, as far as I'm aware. It's not 3 independent countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

[ianh05]

It's not 3 countries in 1. They're not independent from each other, you don't need a passport to cross Wales/England/Scotland. Scotland may potentially be fighting for it's independence from us in the future, in which case it will compete on it's own. Because it will be it's own country.
It is literally just like the states of USA, as far as I'm aware. It's not 3 independent countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Why do they compete independently in all other sports and events? 

"Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom."
"England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom."
"Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom."
"Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It is variously described as a country, province or region of the UK, amongst other terms."

Looks like 4 countries in 1 larger country to me.

[cephalopod]

In a sense you could say the reverse - why DOESN'T Puerto Rico, for example, stick with the USA, seem as though they are part of the US? By choice. We have 1 Olympic Committee here.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_Puerto_Rico_have_on_Olympic_team_when_they_are_part_of_the_United_States
'Usually, a nation-state has only one Olympic team' eg GB

[HurricaneAndrew]

Who gives a rat's ass, honestly? The only time Australia will have a chance is if they introduce a "Hunger Games" style competition. We know they can fight for their lives...

[ianh05]

In a sense you could say the reverse - why DOESN'T Puerto Rico, for example, stick with the USA, seem as though they are part of the US? By choice. We have 1 Olympic Committee here.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_Puerto_Rico_have_on_Olympic_team_when_they_are_part_of_the_United_States
'Usually, a nation-state has only one Olympic team' eg GB

Just did some browsing and Puerto Rico isn't a country??



If they aren't a country how do they compete by themselves?

[helloface]

In a sense you could say the reverse - why DOESN'T Puerto Rico, for example, stick with the USA, seem as though they are part of the US? By choice. We have 1 Olympic Committee here.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_Puerto_Rico_have_on_Olympic_team_when_they_are_part_of_the_United_States
'Usually, a nation-state has only one Olympic team' eg GB

Just did some browsing and Puerto Rico isn't a country??
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If they aren't a country how do they compete by themselves?

Because they are badass.